Prosecutors appealed on Tuesday a verdict acquitting former president Mohamed Morsi of espionage in the so-called “Qatar espionage case,” Aswat Masryia reported. Although Morsi was found innocent in June of espionage, he received 40 years in prison on charges of … read more
Former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and his aides were featured on a list of over a hundred Muslim Brotherhood figures whose assets were frozen on Monday by a committee affiliated with the Ministry of Justice, state-owned media Al-Ahram reported. Al-Ahram … read more
Aswat Masriya US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed to work with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, among a number of other leaders, to “halt the spread of radical Islam”. Trump delivered a speech on Monday, entitled “Understanding The Threat: … read more
Italian oil company Eni invested $3.5-4bn in implementing the Zohr natural gas production processing plant at a capacity of 2.7bn cubic feet of gas per day. Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla told Daily News Egypt that the … read more
Hend El-Behary After 26 months in power, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s satisfaction rating with the Egyptian public has dropped to 82 percent, compared to 91 percent at the end his second year in office in June, according to the Egyptian … read more
A three-vehicle crash in Egypt’s Daqahliya governorate, Nile Delta, on Monday resulted in the death of 22 people and injuring of 11 others, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. A minibus’ tyre blew near Bashla village, causing it to collide with another … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood pointed to the world’s silence regarding the dispersal of the Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Nahda sit-ins on the anniversary of the massacres and asked the international community to prosecute the perpetrators. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on Sunday that … read more
Reuters Blumberg Grain said its mega project to store Egyptian grains was back in play, with the government to announce a final decision in two weeks, after earlier indications that plans had been shelved and the company might exit the … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – International watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Egypt’s parliament to pass a transitional justice law establishing a new, impartial investigation into the “mass killing of protesters” in the 2013 Rabaa sit-in. Sunday marks the third anniversary of … read more
Reuters Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday he was committed to pushing through the reforms necessary to turn the economy around and cut public debt, days after Egypt negotiated a US$12 billion loan program with the International Monetary … read more